TERMINAL SOUND SYSTEM

“Last Night I Dreamed of Armageddon”
Label: Hive Records
Official Website
(4/5)

“Last Night I Dreamed of Armageddon” is an interesting and minimalistic release from Terminal Sound System. While it is sometimes heavy on the glitchy/chaos end of things, this release mainly focuses on the space between the shockwaves and the silent melodies and rhythmic pings that dance throughout that space. Sounding rather morose and desperate, the music seems to be recalling happier times of a better world that has long since past. The music is for the most part constantly engaging but like with a lot of soundtrack/soundscape releases you’ll need to be in the mood for it. Song titles like “before the snow comes ash” and (study of ) decay of elements” go a long way to project some imagery into the songs. All in all it’s a strong release that could easily handle more than a few rotations. For those concerned with presentation, the packaging is also minimal but no where near as appealing as the music. I personally feel it doesn’t do the release justice and unfortunately the casual listener might pass this CD up as it frankly LOOKS boring. In the end this doesn’t affect the fantastic nature of the music contained within but it’d be nice to see more effort put into the artwork. The website follows a similar approach but it is slightly more effective despite it’s relatively low content level. Recommended tracks: “when we are robots there will be peace” and “the structure of tasks”.

-Chvad SB

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